Disclaimer: The Ranmaverse and all of it's characters are property of the brilliant Takahashi-sama and Sailor Moon characters belong to Takeuchi-sama and I claim no ownership of them. Only the story belongs to me.
"Damn it." Ranma muttered under his breath as he shook his head.
"Vile sorcerer step away from the beautiful Akane so that she may fly into my loving arms as she doth wish to!" Kuno, yes Kuno who else would be talking like that?, demanded as he raised his bokken above his head.
"Damn it Kuno get lost!" Akane screamed at him as she now had the attention of everyone in the school yard and even a few inside including the girls who were making their way over to them at that moment.
"I shall break the spell he has over thee, fret not!" Kuno exclaimed as he looked over at Akane before turning back to Ranma.
"You moron! Ranma doesn't have any spell over me! I am with him because I want to be!" Akane yelled at Kuno as she started to slowly lose control over her temper.
"Nay that is just what his spell tells you to say, but fear not my love, I shall set you free so you may love me as you wish to!" Kuno declared as he started rushing toward Ranma with his bokken raised.
"Baka! I love Ranma not you, you complete and utter moron!" Akane screamed at him before turning to Ranma and locking lips with him in a passionate kiss stopping Kuno in his tracks.
"The vile sorcerer's spell is stronger than before. I must dispose of him at once before he can do any more harm to my lovely Akane." Kuno said more to himself then the others and he started to rush after Ranma again.
As the kiss ended Akane and Ranma locked eyes for a moment before what had just happened started to sink in and they began to blush.
Akane went to say something but what ever it was would have to wait as they heard the sounds of Kuno coming up behind them. "Kuno!" Akane cried out as she turned around to face him.
"You are pathetic, stupid and are no where near worth being anything to me other than an annoyance. I don't love you, I don't even like you. In fact I despise you. You made my life hell with that stupid speech you made. For months on end I had to fight off 30 boys before school everyday because of you.
“Now before you lose what little honor you have left, if any for that matter, I suggest you get away from me and stay far far away." Akane warned as she tried to reign in her temper.
"The vile sorcerer..." Kuno started but what ever he was going to say would go unknown as Akane pulled out her mallet and smacked him into LEO.
"Hey 'Kane?" Ranma called as he opened the and walked in the room to find Akane sitting down on her bed. "Did you mean that?" Ranma asked breaking the silence after a moment.
"Huh?" Akane asked looking up at him confused as her anger toward Kuno disappeared and she forgot all about him.
"What you said back there at school." Ranma said as he walked over and sat down on the bed next to her.
What I said? Akane wondered to herself before a blush covered her entire body when she had remembered what had happened. She looked up to answer him but saw a worried look in his eyes. He thinks I said it just to try and get rid of Kuno. Akane realized as she thought of the best way to answer him.
Without leaving time to change her mind, Akane jumped into his arms and captured his lip with her own for another very long, very passionate kiss, before they both had to come up for air. As she looked up into his eyes again a smile appeared on her lips.
"Me too 'Kane." Ranma said after a moment as he pulled her closer to him and kissed the top of her head.
"Huh?" Ranma mumbled as he started to open his eyes.
"You two really can't be sleeping in the same bed until you're married." The sensei insisted as Akane was waking up as well. With raised eye brows Ranma looked down at Akane to find her looking up at him with a smile.
"Well can you marry us?" Ranma asked as he looked back at the sensei.
"When?" He asked with a smile, it's not every day he got to perform a wedding.
"Tonight?" Ranma asked with a grin to which Akane nodded vigorously.
"Why not. Why don't you go invite your mother while I get things set up." The sensei said with a smile as he left the room.
"You told them not to tell anyone else right?" Akane asked a little worried as a phone started ringing some where in the temple.
"Yeah they know not to." Ranma assured her as he sat down and put his arms around her.
"That was Rei, seems her friends called saying you weren't in school. I told her about the wedding and she said her and the girls will be right over." The sensei said with a smile as he joined them in the room for a moment before going back to what he had been doing. Less than a half an hour later said girls were rushing inside.
"I better start the cooking." Lita said as she started to rush toward the kitchen.
"Slow down Lita, it's not going to be for a few hours and I'm sure mom and Kasumi will want to help you." Akane said with a smile as she stopped her and brought her back into the room.
"Ah these are for you." The sensei said walking back into the room and putting some papers in front of them.
"I figured you might want to sign them before hand just in case." He said with a smile before heading back out.
"Ooh a wedding, I can't wait till I get married." Serena said with a sigh as she started to daydream.
"Got anyone in mind?" Akane asked with a smile as she finished sighing and stamping her papers.
"Yes my fiancé Darien." Serena said before jumping up and rushing out of the room. "I have to go call him." She called over her shoulder ignoring the giggles from her friends. Ranma looked a little worried for a moment, seeing this Rei decided to put him at ease.
"Don't worry Ranma, Darien's one of the good guys." Rei assured him with a smile.
"I wanted to give this to you a while ago but I was afraid one of the other girls would try to steal it." Nodoka said with a frown as she reached into her kimono and pulled out a small black box.
"This has been in our family for years, from my side of course. Well the engagement ring is at least, the wedding band was Akane's mother's, Kasumi took and hid it after the wedding fiasco. Take good care of them." Nodoka said with a smile as Ranma opened the box and found a single diamond, a rather big one at that, with a gold wedding band.
"Thanks mom." Ranma said with a smile as he reached up and hugged her.
"No problem Ranma now get out of the kitchen so us women can cook." Nodoka said with a chuckle as she pushed him out of the kitchen.
"'Kane can I talk to you for a minute?" Ranma asked as he entered the dining room before heading off to Akane's room with her following behind.
"What's up Ranma?" Akane asked after she had walked into the room.
"Well wanted to make this official." Ranma said with a smile as he got down on one knee and held the box open in front of her. "So will an uncute, tomboy like you have a insensitive baka like me for a husband?" Ranma asked with a smirk as she stared at the box.
"My mother's wedding ring?" Akane asked picking up the wedding band and staring at it.
"Yeah Kasumi saved it for you. Umm Akane 'bout the question..." Ranma let in hang in the air as he started to fidget.
"Oh of course baka." Akane said with a smile as he placed the ring on her right ring finger. "Ranma that's the wrong hand." Akane informed him with a giggle.
"I know but it'll be in the way when I try to put on the wedding band." Ranma said with a smirk as he stood back up and kissed her passionately. And they would have stayed this way for a long while if it wasn't for the round of applause that started in right after they began kissing.
Turning they saw everyone standing in the hallway watching. Shrugging they turned back to each other and started in on another passionate kiss.
"Nice to meet you and congratulations." Darien said with a bow.
"Thank you and nice to meet you too." Akane said with a smile as they returned the bow.
"You are lucky to have an engagement that wasn't arranged." Ranma said with a smirk, but failed to notice the confused look he was getting.
"Tell you later." Serena said with a smile as she started leading him away toward the food. About an hour later, had they been paying attention, they would have noticed that the girls and Darien had left, but as it was they were too busy catching up with Kasumi and Nodoka so they didn't notice until much later.
"MERCURY WATER FALL!"
"VENUS ROMANCE BLOOMS!"
"JUPITER LIGHTING BOLT!"
"MARS FIRE WHIP!" Rang out only moments before being followed by three roses Tuxedo Mask threw in for good measure and a shout of "MOON BEAM ROTATION!"
And within only a few moments of arriving at the school the scouts, who were quickly becoming pissed at the Youma and their leader, had defeated the Youma and headed back toward their homes. As they were leaving Mercury called over her shoulder that she would try to set up some kind of early warning system to stop this from happening again.
"Yeah so do I." Akane said nodding her head in agreement. "Umm Ranma?" Akane ventured after thinking for a moment.
"Yeah 'Kane?" Ranma answered looking down at her.
"Umm I'm not really ready for..." Akane started as she began to blush.
"No worries 'Kane, I'll wait til you're ready." Ranma assured her with a smile before kissing her forehead as she snuggled closer to him.
"I love you 'Kane-chan." Ranma whispered softly in her ear.
"I love you too Ran-kun." Akane whispered back before giggling when she saw the look on his face. Ranma went to say something, but the sound of a door opening some where in the temple stopped him as they both listened hearing a moment later the sounds of someone crying.
"That sounds like Rei, I'm going to go see if she's okay." Akane said as she got out of bed after giving Ranma a quick kiss and heading out of the room.
"Want to talk about it?" Akane asked after a moment of silence. Rei nodded her head but instead of speaking, began to wipe her tears before taking a few slow sips of her tea.
"You remember that thing that attacked you the other day?" Rei asked after a moment as she looked at Akane over her cup.
"Yeah think Ranma said you called a Youma." Akane said nodding her head.
"Well those things have attacked Juuban for the last few years, but all of the damage they caused was only temporary and the Sailor Senshi were always able to defeat them before anyone got seriously hurt. But now people are starting to die from the attacks, tonight it was at Ami's cram school." Rei said sadly as she once again began tearing up.
"What are these Sailor Senshi doing about it?" Akane asked after thinking over what she said for a moment.
"They really are doing everything they can. They defeat the Youma but even Sailor Moon can't heal the people like she used to be able to." Rei said shaking her head as she finished off her cup. Akane thought about asking her how she knew so much but decided now wasn't the time.
"Let's get you into a nice hot bath." Akane said after a minute with a smile as she got up and started helping Rei to the bathroom.
"After what I told you, how can you be so calm when kids our age are dieing?" Rei asked after a moment as she stared up at her.
"For two reasons Rei." Akane said with a slight smile as she placed a rolled up towel behind Rei's head and gently pushed her head down.
"First right now the last thing we need is both of us being a mess. My sister Kasumi was always there when I needed her most and so I'm going to be here for you when you need me. And second because for the last two years Ranma and I have had to deal with death on a regular basis.
“You do not want to know how many times one of us came closed to dieing, let alone died. For two years we have had women trying to kill me and men trying to kill him. I'm not sure I'm used to it, but I am compared to you." Akane explained as she sat on the edge of the tub. Rei went to reply but a knock on the door stopped her.
"You okay 'Kane-chan?" Ranma called in through the door a bit worried.
"Yeah Ran-kun, Rei just needed a friend. Go back to bed I'll be there in a bit." Akane called back and a moment could hear the outer door open and close.
"Thank you Akane." Rei said looking up at her with a smile.
"You know, if I had a sister, I would want her to be just like you." Rei said after thinking for a moment.
"And if I had a third sister I would want her to be just like you. In fact why don't you take Nabiki's place?" Akane asked with a smirk as she helped Rei out of the tub.
"Sure why not." Rei said with a chuckle.
"Good night Akane and thanks again." Rei called sleepily from her bed as her eyes started to close.
"Anytime." Akane replied softly as she closed the door and headed back to her and Ranma's room.
"I'm sorry 'Kane-chan." Ranma whispered sadly in her ear as she climbed back into bed with him.
"Why Ran-kun?" Akane asked turning toward him confused.
"That you're are used to that kind of thing cause you went through it so much." Ranma replied softly as he pulled her to him in a warm embrace.
"Don't be. I wouldn't change it for the world. In the end we are together and that is all that matters." Akane insisted with a smile as she laid her head on his chest.
"And besides, most of that still would have happened, at least the stuff that had nothing to do with you, and I probably wouldn't have gotten past all of it if you weren't there." Akane assured him as she snuggled even closer, but before Ranma could replied her change in breathing informed Ranma that she was already asleep.
"Good night love." Ranma whispered softly in her hair before kissing the top of her head.
